Knife



(No Model.)

M. L. HAWKS. KNIFE, solssons, 0R SKATE SHARPENER.

No. 605,289. Patented June 7, 1898.

Jl iiii \A/ITNESSES:

STATES ATENT rion.

MOSES L. HAWKS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

KNIFE, SCISSORS, OR-SKATE SHARPENER.-

SPECIFIGATIOK forming part of Letters Patent No. 605,289, dated June 7,1898. Application filed 11 1 30, 1897. Serial No. 656,898. (No model.)

To all whom it mayconccrn:

Be it knownthat LMosnsL. HAWKS, a citizen of the United States, residingat Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illi nois, have inventeda new and useful Device for Sharpening Knives, Scissors, or Skates, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The invention consists in certainnovel features of constructionhereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation ofmy improved sharpener. Fig. 2 is a side View of the same. Fig. 3 is arear elevation of the same. Fig. 4c is a front elevation of the bracket,the sharpening-disk being removed. Fig. 5 is a front and edge view ofthe disk.

' The supporting frame or bracket A, which is angular in form, has ashallow depression I in the face side of the upper portion, and intothis depression a hardened metal sharpeningdisk 13 is pivotally securedby means of the screw 0. The upper portion of the bracket inclinesbackward at an angle with the base, as shown, and is cut away at thetop, forming the aperture D, the object of which is to provide bearin gshaving a different angle and affording a proper guide adapted to thesharpening of scissors and skates. It will be observed that the line ofthe bracket at one side of this aperture is perpendicular to the baseand affords a guide-bearing in sharpening skates. The skate being heldto this side the bottom of the skate-iron is brought to bear squarelyupon the cutting edge of the sharp ening-disk, which very slightlyconcaves the bottom of the skate in sharpening, as desired. At theopposite side of this aperture the line of the bracket describes anacute angle and serves as a guide in bringing the beveled edge ofscissors and shears to bear upon the sharpening-disk at the requiredangle. The notches E and F at the sides of the bracket incline towardthe center and serve as a guide in sharpening knives, the knife beingdrawn through the notches diagonally across the cutting edge of thedisk, first upon one side then upon the other, alternately, thusspeedily imparting a thin keen edge to" the knife.

Preferably the edge of the sharpening-disk is ground squarely at rightangles with the sides, thus producing a sharp cutting edge at each sideof the disk, which may then be adjusted and the sides, reversed asoccasion requires. The disk is fitted into the depression in theface ofthe bracket, so that the cutting edge of the disk will 'be in the sameplane with the face surface of theguide-bearings of the bracket andwhich serves tocrowd the knife more forcibly upon the cutting edge ofthe disk, and the disk being supported by the bracket at the angle shownserves to give a draw or shear cut in sharpening the edge of knives,scissors, or skates.

In use the sharpener may be fastened to the wall in a convenient placein the kitchen, or it may be attached to a small block of wood and heldin the hand, as preferred.

I am aware that knife and scissors sharpeners havebeen in use heretoforewherein hardened metal cutting-disks are employed. I do not, therefore,claim the same broadly; but e What I do claim as my invention, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The herein-described sharpener consisting of the bracket, A, having ahardened metal sharpening-disk pivotally secured thereto, the bracketbeing cut away at the top forming the aperture, D, the line at one sidebe ing perpendicular to the base and adapted to the sharpening ofskates, and that of-the opposite side forming an acute angle adapted tothe sharpening of scissors and shears, with the inclined-notches at thesides adapted to the sharpening of knives, all substantially as setforth.

MOSES L. I-IAWVKS.

I Witnesses:

MARGARET M. HAWKS, ANDREW LANCET.

